One Day Deals: NZ One Day Sale Sites List

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In 2009 we reviewed the offerings of various 1 day sale sites, every day for 3 months. Here are those Past Deals

OneDayDeals.co.nz - The original Daily Deals discussion site

Fascinated by the one day sale concept, this site has been online since 2008, watching and discussing the one day sale website industry. We've just revamped this site so why not read some of our one day sale articles and site profiles.

What is this site about?

We've been fans of 1-day.co.nz for several years now. Back in 2008 we noticed several daily deals competitors coming online, so we thought we'd delve deeper into the 1 day sale phenomenon and create a website about them. There are so many daily deals sites around now, so we regularly review them, give tips, and check daily to see whats happening. Are we affiliated with any daily deal websites? No, we are simply fans of this exciting industry ;)

What is 1day?

1-day.co.nz - Its an online shopping craze thats taking NZ by storm. The innovative, Hamilton-based online retailer Torpedo7 branched out from their traditional e-commerce site to create the ever popular "day deals" website. "1 day" were the first company to become successful in the New Zealand mainstream so when people talk about one day sales they usually refer to the 1day company. Sites like 1 day have created a lunchtime buying frenzy in workplaces across the country with thousands logging on to the website to see what products are on offer for the day. Throughout this site we'll refer to 1-Day.co.nz and 1-Day Ltd as simply 1 day.

How do One Day Sale sites work?

The concept is simple. Each day, the website will offer a special deal on one or more products. The specials are available for just 24 hours, or less time if they sell out within 24 hours (which is quite often). 1 day offer 3 deals each day at Midday. One Day Sale Sites vary on the number of one day deals they offer each day. Several of the market leaders like "Deal a day" offer just one deal each day. As does newcomer to New Zealand, Australian market leader "Catch of the Day".

What kinds of products do they sell?

With 3 Deals on offer each day, the range of products varies wildly on 1day.co.nz. One day it can be a 24 pack of V for $24.99, the next day a Samsung Digital Camera for $239.99. The products on offer tend to be popular and well known consumer products, usually from a famous brand name. Some deal a day sites are now also selling services and downloadable vouchers instead of physical products.

Did 1day make up the one day sale concept?

While the concept of onedaysale websites is not new, 1-day have taken a fresh spin on it with a clean site, in-demand products and EXCEPTIONALLY LOW prices. The one day deal concept was originally made famous by woot.com in the USA. This onedaysale site has been running since 2003 and specialises in refurbished electronic goods. Grabaseat (run by Air New Zealand) has also been offering one day sale type deals for a few years now.

A New Twist to the Daily Deal Phenomenon: Group Buying Sites

Recently a new wave of 1 day sale sites have popped up: Voucher or "Experience" daily deal sites. These group buying sites don't sell physical products, they offer downloadable coupons that you can purchase for heavily discounted "services" like boat charters, movie tickets and beauty treatments.

As with product sites, the entertainment coupon sites offer their deals for just one day. These sites are often called "group buying" sites as you need a group of people buying for the offer to work. The first group buying site in the USA to launch coupons in the daily deal format was Groupon. New Zealand has followed suit with many one day one deal sites, namely Grab One, Daily Do, GrouponNZ and Groupy. GrabOne seems to be the most popular NZ coupon site so far with legendary days such as 10,000 movie tickets sold for $4, in just one morning!

Whats different about "vouchers" sites like Group on is that they target their deals by region. For instance Grab One will offer one deal a day just for Auckland, or just for Wellington. They do this because a lot of the daily deals nz offered are for redemption at local stores and businesses (as opposed to nationwide chains).

All of the group buying or social buying sites like Grab One are hoping to offer one deal a day for major regions in NZ such as Hamilton and the Waikato, Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty. Larger South Island cities like Christchurch and Dunedin, and even smaller provincial North Island Towns like New Plymouth, Palmerston North and Whangarei or Northland. Grab1 seems to be leading the way with almost all major regions in NZ covered. Grab One have recently branched out to physical products with their Grab One Store.

Groupon has launched in New Zealand as Groupon NZ. Groupon New Zealand will use its experience in over 500 cities worldwide, to strike up deals on behalf of NZ consumers. This is an exciting time in the maturity of the New Zealand Group buying industry. Groupon New Zealand will certainly shake things up as they know how to do a big launch, having done it over 500 times! Keep an eye on regional sites Groupon Auckland, Groupon Wellington and Groupon Christchurch!

Another worldwide group buying site is Living Social. Ranked as the world No2 has launched here with Living Social NZ. And Kiwis are in for a treat with several local sites planned including Living Social Auckland, Living Social Wellington and Living Social Christchurch. Lucky us!

Recently launched is Treat Me. This group buying site is run by TradeMe. Treatme have plans to launch all over New Zealand with Treat Me Auckland, Treat Me Wellington and Treat Me Waikato. 10 More regions are planned. This 1 day deal site is set to really shake things up. They have the traffic and users to be able to strike some big deals for well know kiwi brands. Keep an eye on TreatMe!

1day has recently launched their experiences sites called 1Day Out. This is great news for NZ consumers as there are now four sites offering voucher deals for services and entertainment. One day out promises to be a popular daily deals site. Unfortunately 1dayout has been closed down, but you can check out other Grab a Deal sites

You can read more on the History of One Day Deals websites in New Zealand in our One Day Sale articles Section. Also if you are thinking about starting your own voucher deals or one day deal site then you can use this Voucher Website System that we recommend.

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